There have been interesting developments with exploit kits in the past few months to say the least, with the disappearance of…
Month: November 2016
Fake pharma sites are getting even more obnoxious
Recently, we have noticed that fake pharma sites seem to have discovered the use of JavaScript to change the “Stay or…
Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW
If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed…
A week in security (Oct 30 – Nov 05)
Last week, we gave readers an overview of the latest cybersecurity report published by George Washington University proposing a way for…
New cybersecurity report focuses on the private sector
George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security (CCHS), a “think and do” tank responsible for carrying out research and…
Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers
One of the primary vectors for the distribution of tech support scams is malvertising. You’ll simply be browsing the web when…
The HookAds malvertising campaign
Not long ago we wrote about a new piece of malware called ‘Trick Bot‘ which we caught in a malvertising attack…